thito01
Pre-takeoff checklist
I own a '76 Lance (PA32R-300) that is a good IFR platform. 430W, Sandel EHSI, etc. My daughter (age 26) is ready to get her license. I see a couple of valid options:
1) Have her rent the cheapest aircraft available until she gets her private. While she is trainging, let her handle the radio and 430W on trips I make so that she does have experience with some of the newer stuff. (Yes, no logging time for her,) Then, let her get some hours on my aircraft (with me in the other seat for insurance reasons). Then, work with the insurance to get her authorized for IFR training as long as the right CFII is qualified under the open pilot clause or as a listed pilot. Once she is IFR rated, then add her as a second listed pilot. By this point, she could have been legitimately the sole manipulator for maybe 30-50 hours and maybe the insurance may not be so bad, especially if I time the end of her training near the end of a renewal period.
2) I could buy some bare-bones trainer and let her fly it until she has both her license and a bunch of hours afterwards. Eventually, moving her to IFR training in my aircraft and selling the trainer. Expecting that if she has 100 hours before being added to my insurance, the increase in insurance would not be that bad.
While I am normally a proponent of the "buy for training, then sell", I am not sure that it makes sense when she already have access to a better aircraft, just one she can't be insured in until she gets some time. So, I am leaning toward option 1.
Side notes: We have discussed that I want her to plan on 2 days a week, with normally 2 hours instruction each of those times and she is OK with that plan. We live in central FL so winter weather issues are minor. The more time she can spend each week, the less she will back-step between each session. I am sponsoring her because I am almost 64 and I don't know when some medical issue could ground me. She can then be my legal pilot for me to continue flying with her in the other seat.
Thoughts?
Tony T.
1) Have her rent the cheapest aircraft available until she gets her private. While she is trainging, let her handle the radio and 430W on trips I make so that she does have experience with some of the newer stuff. (Yes, no logging time for her,) Then, let her get some hours on my aircraft (with me in the other seat for insurance reasons). Then, work with the insurance to get her authorized for IFR training as long as the right CFII is qualified under the open pilot clause or as a listed pilot. Once she is IFR rated, then add her as a second listed pilot. By this point, she could have been legitimately the sole manipulator for maybe 30-50 hours and maybe the insurance may not be so bad, especially if I time the end of her training near the end of a renewal period.
2) I could buy some bare-bones trainer and let her fly it until she has both her license and a bunch of hours afterwards. Eventually, moving her to IFR training in my aircraft and selling the trainer. Expecting that if she has 100 hours before being added to my insurance, the increase in insurance would not be that bad.
While I am normally a proponent of the "buy for training, then sell", I am not sure that it makes sense when she already have access to a better aircraft, just one she can't be insured in until she gets some time. So, I am leaning toward option 1.
Side notes: We have discussed that I want her to plan on 2 days a week, with normally 2 hours instruction each of those times and she is OK with that plan. We live in central FL so winter weather issues are minor. The more time she can spend each week, the less she will back-step between each session. I am sponsoring her because I am almost 64 and I don't know when some medical issue could ground me. She can then be my legal pilot for me to continue flying with her in the other seat.
Thoughts?
Tony T.
